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I have a dilemma!
I want to but Forza 3 on the 360, but to do this, I need to buy both the game and a 360! There are a couple of deals out there at the moment, such as the 360 Arcade for £99 at Argos, and Forza 3 for £19.99 OR Game have the Elite with a couple of games (including Forza 3, Pure, FIFA10 & Lego Batman) for £190ish.
The only noticeable difference I can see between the two consoles is the HDD in the Elite - but is this needed to play games? I'm not interested at playing online at the moment, although that might change in a few months, and it is really only Forza 3 that i'm interested in playing.
Can anyone convince me which option to go for? I have the Arcade reserved at Argos, but is it worth an extra £60 to help future proof myself?!!
Cheers!
I want to but Forza 3 on the 360, but to do this, I need to buy both the game and a 360! There are a couple of deals out there at the moment, such as the 360 Arcade for £99 at Argos, and Forza 3 for £19.99 OR Game have the Elite with a couple of games (including Forza 3, Pure, FIFA10 & Lego Batman) for £190ish.
The only noticeable difference I can see between the two consoles is the HDD in the Elite - but is this needed to play games? I'm not interested at playing online at the moment, although that might change in a few months, and it is really only Forza 3 that i'm interested in playing.
Can anyone convince me which option to go for? I have the Arcade reserved at Argos, but is it worth an extra £60 to help future proof myself?!!
Cheers!
Don't get the Arcade, get a hard drive model. There's a bundle on sale for a 'Super Elite' with a 250gb hard drive (standard Elite drive is 120gb), 2 wireless gamepads and the Forza game - http://www.gamestation.co.uk/Consoles/Xbox-360/For...
With a hard drive, you'll be able to install the games onto the hard drive, instead of the DVD drive spinning all the time (its noisy), and download the DLC extra cars and tracks. There's been the Nurburgring F1 track and dozens of cars released as download packs already, with more to come over this year. In the game pack you'll get a scratchcard with cars and the Benchmark arena (a kind of disused airfield type place with an oval and drag strips).
With no hard drive you'll have the game on the disc to play, no downloads.
PS: If you do go for a separate console and game, not a bundle, try to get the LCE, you'll get another download scratchcard for cars that are locked in the standard game, a keyring, a USB memory stick, and a nice box
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Edit: Doh! Yeah what he said vvv . One game disc and one install disc, so no hard drive will miss out more cars and tracks.
With a hard drive, you'll be able to install the games onto the hard drive, instead of the DVD drive spinning all the time (its noisy), and download the DLC extra cars and tracks. There's been the Nurburgring F1 track and dozens of cars released as download packs already, with more to come over this year. In the game pack you'll get a scratchcard with cars and the Benchmark arena (a kind of disused airfield type place with an oval and drag strips).
With no hard drive you'll have the game on the disc to play, no downloads.
PS: If you do go for a separate console and game, not a bundle, try to get the LCE, you'll get another download scratchcard for cars that are locked in the standard game, a keyring, a USB memory stick, and a nice box
.Edit: Doh! Yeah what he said vvv . One game disc and one install disc, so no hard drive will miss out more cars and tracks.
Edited by ajprice on Saturday 13th February 20:24
Forza 3 comes with two discs: The play disc and the install disc. You need to save the additional cars and tracks off the install discs to a HDD in order to have them available in game. This isn't just downloadable stuff, this is stuff supplied in the box but which don't work without HDD.
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